Work & commute · Cottonport

Work & commute in Cottonport, LA

Most working residents leave Cottonport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Marksville (14%), Alexandria (7%) and Mansura (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 547 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 507 Cottonport residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottonport.

507live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottonport goes to work

Marksville9.5 mi away

14%74

Cottonport (in town)right here

7%40

Alexandria32.5 mi away

7%36

Mansura5.4 mi away

4%24

Bunkie8.5 mi away

4%20

Simmesport14 mi away

3%19

Moreauville5.1 mi away

3%14

Pineville32.3 mi away

2%12

Baton Rouge66.4 mi away

2%11

Lafayette54.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%288

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cottonport commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

10%

20%

29%

41%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottonport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottonport are

731 jobs are based in Cottonport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cottonport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cottonport

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Cottonport residents hold

547 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+80%

Jobs based in Cottonport, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 731. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.